Coke-leveling machine.



PATBNTED DEC. 4, 1906.

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APPLICATION FILED MAR. 29, 1906.

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COKE LEVELING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAB.29,1906.

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PATENTED DEC. 4, 1906.

G. T. WICKES.

COKE LEVELING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MABHZQ, 1906.

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APPLICATION FILED MAR. 29, 1906.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE T. WICKES, OF OOVINGTON. VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR TO OOVINGTON MACHINE COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF VIRGINIA.

COKE-LEVELING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec.4=,1906.

Application filed March 29, 1906. Serial No. 308,641.

To 61,7] whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE T. WIoxEs, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Oovington, in the county of Alleghany and State of Virginia, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Coke-Leveling Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in machinery for leveling the coke within cokeovens, and particularly to that class of machine in which a device is forced through the door of the oven and over or under the coke, which device is carried upon a carriage moving upon a track in front of a series of ovens, and which carriage by means of appropriate mechanism is caused to travel in front of the oven and by further appropriate mechanism to insert and withdraw the tool, and so move it horizontally and vertically that all parts of the coke within the oven in succession will be subjected to its effect.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying five sheets of drawings.

Figure 1 is, a plan view of a coke-oven, showing the leveling-tool and the carriage in which it moves. Fig. 2 is a vertical elevation of the tool and carriage, showing the oven in cross-section. Fig. 3 is a side elevation, on an enlarged scale, of the carriage, the truck on which it is mounted, and the rails by means of which it may be moved from oven to oven. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 5 is a cross-section on the line 5 5 of Fig. 3.

Similar characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

In the drawings, X represents the supporting-ties for a pair of rails S, extending in front of a series of coke-ovens.

IV represents the wheels of a truck A. O represents their axles, and T their supportinghangers.

D D are two horizontal iron beams connected at their left-hand ends by a crossplate G, on which a carriage F is mounted and rotated. The plate G is secured to the beams D D by bolts 10. The beams D D are mounted on upwardly-extending legs 4, integral with the truck A, by means of the horizontal shaft 5, secured by collars 37. This arrangement enables the beams D D and carriage F to swing vertically. The beams D D are held in a horizontal or inclined position by means of a screw 21, mounted in a block pivoted in lugs 22 on the truck A. The screw 21 extends upward through a similar block 23, pivoted on one of the beams D, and tel,- minates in an arm 24 and handle 25. By this means any desired inclination of the beams and carriage may be obtained by rotating the handle 25 either to the right or left. The carriage F, mounted on the crossplate G, is provided with supporting-rollers 26, mounted in lugs 27, and rotates around the shaft 8 on a central bearing 41, extending through an opening 42 in the plate G. The horizontal movement of the carriage is controlled by a screw 17, passing through a block pivoted in a bearing 18, mounted on one of the beams D. The screw 17 extends through a block 16, which is similarly pivoted to lugs on the carriage F and is provided with an arm 19 and handle 20. It is evident that when the screw 17 is rotated by means of the handle 20 the carriage F will be moved horizontally either to the right or left.

A rocking frame I is mounted in the interior of the carriage F by means of the shafts 1 1, and it may be set at any convenient angle by the screw 13, which is mounted in a pivoted block in lugs 31, extending from the carriage F. The screw 13 passes through a block 28, pivoted in lugs 29 on the frame I, and is provided with an arm 14 and handle 15. hen the handle 15 and the screw 13 are rotated, the frame I is tilted upon the shafts 11, while the carriage F remains stationary. The frame I is provided at either end with two rollers 12, having horizontal axles 32. The frame F carries four perpendicular friction-rollers 33, mounted on shafts 34, arranged in sliding boxes 9 in sliding bearings in the frame F, the movement of which is controlled by springs 10. A ram B, carrying the coke-leveling tool, extends horizontally upon and between these various rollers, as is clearly shown in the drawings. Movement is imparted to the ram-bar B through the springcompressed friction-rollers 33 by means of gear-wheels 35, mounted on the roller-shafts 34. These wheels all engage with each other, and any two of them engage with a pinion 36 upon the shaft 8, which also carries a bevelwheel 7. The motion to the shaft 8 is imparted through a bevel-wheel 3 on the main driving-shaft 5, engaging with a bevel-wheel 2 on a shaft 1, mounted in a bearing 38 on the plate G. The other endof the shaft 1 carries a bevel-wheel 6, which engages with the bevelwheel 7 on the shaft 8. Motion may be im parted to the main driving-shaft in any con venient way and from any convenient source of power. The tool itself consists of a head J, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. This head has two openings near the center, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Through these openings pass shafts 50, which are held in place by the studs 51. Each of these shafts carries at the bottom an arm 52 and four stops 53, to limit the movement of the two arms on the bottom of the head J at either side, which are otherwise I 5 free to swin on the shafts 50. The head J is bolted or ot erwise attached to the bar B, as shown, by the bolts 54 in Fig. 2. When the bar B is driven into a pile of coal in a cokeoven, the arms 52 take the position shown in Fig. 2 and crowd the coke forward and sidewise. When the head J is withdrawn, the swinging arms take the position shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 2 and crowd the coke toward the front sides of the oven. The 2 5 head J is made round and blunt, so as not to damage the walls of the oven, and is made at a comparatively slight height in order to be inserted readily under the coke.

The method of operation is as follows:

0 When it is desired to level the coal, the carriage is run up in front of the coke-oven, the platform D is tilted to the proper angle, the position of the frames F and I are adjusted, and the power is then applied. The recipro- 3 5 cating motion isthereby given to the bar B, and the head J moves into the furnace, levels the coal, and is withdrawn. The operation is repeated-a number of times. If necessary, the angularity of adjustment of the frames I oand F may be changed, and the bar is run in again. This operation is repeated until the whole charge is leveled.

I claim as my invention 1. In a coke-leveling machine, the combi- 4 5 nation with a reciprocating bar of a head with beveled edges provided with movable arms which move and push the coke in the direction desired.

2. In a coke-leveling machine, the combination with the reciprocating bar arranged to be set in any desired angle, with respect to the sides and bottom of the coke-oveninto which it is introduced of a head with beveled edges provided with movable arms which 3 5 move and push the coke in the direction desired.

3. In a coke-leveling machine, the combination with the reciprocating bar arranged to be set at any desired angle with respect to the sides and bottom of the coke-oven into which it is introduced of a head with beveled edges provided with movable arms which move and push the coke in the direction desired.

4. In a coke-leveling machine, the combination of a reciprocating bar, and a flat head attached to the extremity ofthe bar and provided with movable arms which move and push the coke in the direction desired.

5. In a coke-leveling machine, the combination with the reciprocating bar arranged to be set in any desired angle, with respect to the sides and bottom of the coke-oven into which it is introduced of a flat head provided with movable arms which move and push the coke in the direction desired.

6. In a coke-leveling machine, the combination with the reciprocating bar arranged to be set at any desired angle with respect to the sides and bottom of the coke-oven into which it is introduced of a flat head provided with movable arms which move and push the coke in the direction desired.

7. In a coke-leveling machine, the combination with a reciprocating bar of a fiat head with beveled edges rovided with movable arms which move and push the coke in the direction desired.

8. In a coke-leveling machine, the combination with the reciprocating bar arranged to be set in any desired angle, with respect to the sides and bottom of the coke-oven into which it is introduced of a flat head with beveled edges provided with movable arms which move and push the coke in the direction desired.

'9. In a coke-leveling machine, the combination with the reciprocating bar arranged to be set at any desired angle with respect to the sides and bottom of the coke-oven into which it is introduced of a flat head with beveled edges provided with movable arms which move and push the coke in the direction desired.

10. In a coke-leveling machine, the combi-.

nation with a reciprocating bar, of a round and blunt head, provided with movable arms which move and push the coke in the direction desired.

1 1. In a coke-leveling machine, the combination with a reciprocating bar arranged to be set at any desired angle with respect to the sides and bottom of the coke-oven into which it is introduced, of a round and blunt head provided with movable arms which move and push the coke in the direction desired.

12. In a coke-leveling machine, the combination with a reciprocating bar'arranged to be set at any desired angle with respect to the sides and bottom of the coke-oven into which it is introduced of a round and blunt head provided with movable arms, which .move and push the coke in the direction desired, and means for adjusting the bar at any desired position and imparting a reciprocating movement thereto.

13. In a coke-leveling machine, the combi- ITS nation with a reciprocating arm, of a head attached thereto; horizontal arms pivoted to rotate horizontally upon vertical bearings in the lower face of the head, and suitable stops for limiting the rotary movement of the arms, whereby when the bar is driven into a pile of coke the arms crowd the coal forward and sidewise, and upon being retracted crowd the coke to the front sides of the oven.

14. In a coke-leveling machine, the combination with a reciprocating arm arranged to be set at any desired angle with respect to the sides and bottom of the coke-oven into which it is introduced, of a head attached thereto; horizontal arms pivoted to rotate horizontally upon vertical bearings in the lower face of the head, and suitable stops for limiting the rotary movement of the arms.

15. In a coke-leveling machine, the combination with a reciprocating bar arranged to be set at any desired angle with respect to the sides and bottoms of the coke-oven into which it is introduced of a head attached thereto provided with movable horizontal arms pivoted to rotate horizontally upon vertical bearings in the lower face of the head and having stops for limiting the rotary movement of the arm, and means for adjusting the bar at any desired position and imparting a reciprocating movement thereto.

16. In a coke-leveling machine, the combination with a ram-bar arranged to slide forward and backward upon rollers in a suitable frame, devices for adjusting the frame vertically at any convenient angle; a carriage supporting the frame rotating on a vertical bearing, and devices for rotating and holding it horizontally; a suitable truck on wheels supporting the carriage and devices substantially as described for imparting a reciprocating motion to the bar substantially as described.

17. In a coke-leveling machine, the combination with a ram-bar arranged to slide forward and backward upon rollers in a suitable frame, devices for adjusting the frame vertically at any convenient angle; a carriage supporting the frame rotating on a vertical bearing, and devices for rotating and holding it horizontally; a suitable truck mounted on wheels supporting the carriage; devices for moving the carriage upward and downward on the truck, and devices substantially as described for imparting a reciprocating motion to the bar substantially as described.

18. In a coke-leveling machine, the combination of a'truck arranged to move on wheels platform pivoted on said carriage, devices for x on a track in front of a coke-oven, a suitable holding the platform at any horimoving and zontal angle with respect to the carriage, a frame arranged to swing horizontally around a suitable axis on a table attached to the platform, devices for moving and holding the same at any desired angle with respect to the direction of the track, a rocking frame arranged to rock vertically on a suitable bearing in said frame, devices for moving and holding the rocking frame at a suitable angle with respect to the table upon the platform; a bar arranged to slide forward and backward in a suitable bearing in the rocking frame, devices substantially as described for causing a reciprocating movement to be imparted to l the bar from any convenient source of power, device substantially as to the extremity of the and a coke-leveling described attached bar.

19. I11 a coke-leveling machine, the combination of a carriage arranged to move on a l track in front of a coke-oven, a suitable platform pivoted on said carriage, devices for moving and holding the platform at any horizontal angle with respect to the carriage, a frame arranged to swing horizontally around a suitable axis on a table attached to the platform, devices for moving and holding the same at any desired angle with respect to the direction of the track, a rocking frame arranged to rock on a suitable bearing in said frame, devices for moving and holding the rocking frame with respect to the table upon which the frame rotates at a suitable angle, a bar arranged to slide forward and backward in a suitable bearing in the rocking frame, friction-rollers mounted on bearings in the carriage engaging with the bar and actuated from any convenient source of power for causing a reciprocating movement to be imparted to the bar, and a coke-leveling device substantially as described attached to the extremity of the bar.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my inventionI have signed my name, in presence of two witnesses, this 27th day of March, 1906.

GEORGE T. WIOKES.

Witnesses:

R0. L. PARRISH, B. T. MOPEAK. 

